The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-01
Baseball Notes.

The Kalamazoos have long lead for the Ohio
State League championship.
The Frankfort nine defeated the Kokomo club,
on Tuesday, by score of 10 to Z.
The Detroit spare players left at home are
utilized to play in local and other clubs.
The Decatur club defeated the Champaign
Clippers. yesterday. by a score of 3 to l.
Detroit offered Washington $1,000 for Whit
new, but Gaffney laughed at Watkins and told
him 81, 900 wouldn't buy him.
A ST. Louis baseball authority says Won der
Abe will make a mistake if he goes into the
League, because base ball won't live in st Louis
without Sunday games.
The leading batters OF the American Associa-
ton follows: O'Neil, .470; Mack, 40;
Browning 1872 Robinson, APO; Lyons, .4l9;
Caruthers, .408; Orr .401
A Reader: Base ball is played as popular
game only in the United States There are a
few professional clubs in Canada aud an at
tempt was made to popuariZe it in England,
but it failed.
One of the Omahas made single in a recent
game. The pitcher tried to catch him mapping
The first basemau muffed the ball aud he ran TO
second. The first basemaD threw it to the Sec
ond baseman, who muffei and the runner
dashed for third. The third baseman muffed In
turn, and the runner reached the plate.
R.: Balls batted to the ground on fair ground
that roll on to foul ground between home and
first base, home and third base and balls batted
high in the air that fall on fair ground and roll
on to foul ground between home and first or
home and third bases, are fair il touched by the
fielder otherwise not
OF the once famous Tecumsehs, of London,
Ont. who won the international championship
in 1877. only one is playing ball profession
ally. He is Joe Hornung of the Bostons Gold
smith and Smith are residing in Detroit, Somer-
Vile and AL Hall are dead. Bradley is in an asy-
lum, Guinton is playing with an ameteur club
somewhere in ork State; Ross Barnes is living
az Rockford. ILL.,, and Phil Powers and Doescher
are umDiring
The game played at the fair grounds by the
Grand Hotels and the Haymarkets, managed,
respectively, by William krel and James Mad
den, yesterday, was Witnessed by large crowd.
The Grands won with ease. the features of the
game being the battery work of Schwabacher
and Hoffman. and the fielding and batting of
Hoffman. Treat, Ross, Kriel and Schwabacher,
of the Grauds For the Haymarkets Griffith
and Madden did good work. The was 10
to 49,
zein resolutely refused 10 collar. One
day the Grand Rapids Team vent down to Sag
inaw and while there the boys determined to
make him presentabe. On the way down in
the sleeper, while Getzen was asleep, of the
gang stole his flannel shirt and two extra ones
he had in his grip. When he discovered his
loss he nearly wild. Nobody knew any
thing about it. and one would loan him a
shirt. but one man offered to go out and get one
for him. The volunteer went forth and pur-
chased a shirt with a collar IL, which Getzein
forced to put on. 1t is said he spent
hour before the glass admring that collar. and
soon the greatest dude on collars n the
team.
syndicate composed of five wealthy gentle
men are talking of forming an independent team
for next which will contain bur
Lowell ball players, and to have the games occur
either on the far grounds or on the new grounds
to be erected in the vicinity of the Rogers Fort
Hill park The players mentioned are. for
catchers. Jack Corcoran, of Jersey City; Jack
Grady recently with Charleston. S. G.; Billy
Conway, of Pennington. Pitchers, Conway, of
Boston, eade, of Holy Cross; Riley and Grady.
of Dover, and several others to draw from who
are now playing in different leagues. For in
field. either Halves or Flanagan first; Jim
Knowles. of Rochester, second; Barney
Mclaughlin, short-stop; Arthur Whitney.
third; Martin Sullivan, left field; Johnny Firth,
center field. Kadeau right field.